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Intel wants you to take more interest in your energy use but isn't fussy about how you do it.

The chip giant has developed a broad strategy to make money on smart-grid technologies, touching on everything from high-performance computing to simulate the electricity grid to home energy management systems.

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Intel has designs on the nascent home energy management business, following Google, Microsoft, Apple, Panasonic, and dozens of smaller tech companies.

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"Microsoft and Intel engineers were able to reduce power usage of a Windows 7 laptop nearly 20 percent over an identical laptop running Windows Vista SP2."

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Intel Corp's global investment arm Intel Capital is actively looking at additional investments in cleantech companies and could announce more deals this year, a senior executive said on Wednesday.

"We are actively looking at companies," said Steve Eichenlaub, head of Intel Capital's cleantech investments.

"In this environment where a lot of venture capitalists had to pull back, for whatever reason, ... we are seeing more companies come our way as our doors are open," he added.

Intel Capital said earlier on Wednesday that it has invested about $10 million in five cleantech companies, including energy efficiency company CPower and Grid Net, which builds software for smart meters.

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Intel is spinning off a co. from its internal new business initiatives. SpectraWatt will manufacture PV cells to solar module makers

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Intel has been investing in smart electrical grid technologies.

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